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67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Perihelion distance : 1.21 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 4 °
Orbital period : 6.43 years
Eccentricity : 0.65

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2021 Sep 17 02h16 UT by Nicolas Biver


(Copyright Nicolas Biver)

Coma Total magnitude (m1)11.4
Aperture radius for m11.5 '
Magnitude (MPC m2)13.1
Aperture radius for m26 "
Coma diameter2.5 '
Coma condensation degree (DC)6
Tail length0.15 °
Tail position angle (PA)260 °
r (dist/Sun) 1.339 AU
d (dist/Earth) 0.581 AU
Right ascension60.16479 °
Declination+17.69389 °
Instrumental configurationConfig1
InstrumentDobson 407mm F/D 4.3
Instrument typeNewton
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)407 mm
Instrument focale length1750 mm
CameraSONY alpha7S
SensorDC
Sensor size36*24 mm2
Sensor pixels number4240*2832
Sensor temperature12 °C
Binning2x2
Mountdobson sur table equatoriale JMI
MotorizationYes
AutoguideNo
Exposure total time152.2 s
Picture exposure details21*3.2s+34*2.5s
Sky transparency (naked eye max mag)6
Seeing3
Moon phase49 °
Moon elongation116 °
Air mass1.29
LocationBoulonville
Reference stars catalog (ast)APASS
Used softwaresIRIS
Resulting picture sampling (scale)2 "/pix
Image processingbinning, flat, alignement stellaire, alignement comète, somme, retrait gradient
Remarks or commentsimages RAW couche verte: m1=11.2, Dia.=3'
Observation submission date2021 Sep 21 22h51m57s

(Record n° 23990)

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